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While that's a nice screenshot, to be honest it just looks like the kind of thing I see on my Mac running OSX, you're good a making videos about the Amiga is there any chance please that you could make a short video of MorphOS running actual Amiga progs... :)


Ive seen you make comments like that before, and while I can partially understand where youre coming from, try using amiga os with an rtg system sometime and you'll suddenly see MOS looks a heck of a lot more like amiga os than it does Mac OSX. Amiga OS is potentially soooo much prettier than AGA allows. Having said this though, MOS does look nicer than AmigaOS.
Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.
 

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Re: What is MorphOS - a brief introduction for users familiar with C= Amiga
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2011, 03:12:40 PM »
I think you're trying to read something into it that was never there. Im simply saying that MOS isnt too far removed from an RTG based amiga system in terms of the look, albiet a little enhanced. When I say, "Ive seen you make comments like that before" it means exactly and literally that. No secret messages, not having a cheap shot, just exactly what I said, as I have seen you make comments about MOS looking like a Mac. Up the resolution, color depth, add some nice colors/gradients, icons, etc. and an RTG based system looks fairly distinctive, and MOS follows that look. It's not about fancy backdrops, etc., its the look of the OS itself. While I enjoy ocs/ecs/aga theyre not completely representative of the "true" amiga look.

Although actually off topic, as for "Who wants to stare at a nice looking Workbench all day?", well each to thier own, but for me Im more interested in not having an ugly looking workbench more than wanting a nice looking one. If it's pleasant enough to not be intrussive, then that's good, as opposed to standing out 'cos its ugly. I love the system, but man, a default install sure is ugly to a point of distraction.
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Re: What is MorphOS - a brief introduction for users familiar with C= Amiga
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2011, 02:34:49 PM »
Is the 3rd party tool for screen dragging Dragon, or something else ?
I hope something else, as Dragon is little more than a novelty. Screen resets to top of the screen when you let it go, screens cease to updatewhile being moved, cant be let sit partway down and so on. I've seen a few people mention screen dragging via a 3rd party program in regards to MOS and if it is indeed Dragon then its kinda misleading to say its available, even with a 3rd party program. Not really important, but something Ive always wondered about nonetheless. Also, bare in mind that anything relying on custom chipset wont work on MOS so a lot of old software still requires UAE (only mentioned as it sounds like some people expect most of thier old favorites to work seemlessly).
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Re: What is MorphOS - a brief introduction for users familiar with C= Amiga
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2011, 03:34:06 PM »
I'd have to disagree there. MUI, Intuition, Gadtools, etc. (apis) go a long way to shaping the look of an OS more than skins, icons and so on.
Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.